Author Archive: Tim Wenger
Red Bull Sound Select Brings Hot Shows for Low Price
by Tim Wenger If you follow the show scene here in Denver, you have probably heard about Red Bull Sound Select and the jam-packed shows they have been throwing around town. Many of Denver’s current hot acts such as The Yawpers, Tokimonsta and others have been featured at the shows. The next event is April […]
DubSkin Throwing End-of-School Year Party at Aggie May 8
Colorado based reggae band, DubSkin, will bring their unique brand of roots reggae music to the Aggie Theatre for an “End Of The School Year Reggae Bash”on Friday May 8th. Joining DubSkin for this event will be the Denver based reggae band Tatanka, Colorado Springs hip hop giants The ReMINDers and the Ft.Collins up and […]
Denver Union Station Hosts Free Billie Holiday Centennial Celebration on April 11
WHAT: Denver Union Station hosts a free jazz celebration to honor Billie Holiday’s 100th birthday on Saturday, April 11, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Great Hall. Venus Cruz, local jazz vocalist and host of KUVO’s “Jazz Odyssey,” will perform a centennial tribute alongside some of Denver’s finest jazz musicians. WHERE: Great […]
The 15th Annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase announces the first round of artists PLUS an exclusive discounted presale through Red Bull Sound Select
On April 1, The Underground Music Showcase announced the first handful of the acts performing at the 15th Annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase. Portland’s STRFKR, Brooklyn’s DIIV, Denver’s In the Whale and Slim Cessna’s Auto Club lead a showcase of local and national talent to play the 2015 festival, and Red Bull Sound Select […]
In The Whale- Full Nelson
by Tim Wenger In The Whale brings the over-the-top energy of their stage show and momentum of the last year+ spent on the road into their new EP Full Nelson. I went back and listened to the opening track “Radio” again two additional times after a full listen thru of the five tracks and actually […]
Richie Allen & The Bad Ideas- Live at Swallow Hill Music
by Thom Jackson With their new live record, Richie Allen & The Bad Ideas have captured the soulful intimacy that concert goers at Swallow Hill Music have come to embrace. In their quest to be a band known for a stellar live performance this collection of 11 tracks serves as a holdover to quell the […]
Trout Steak Revival- Brighter Every Day
by Tim Wenger In Colorado, there is no shortage of bluegrass music. Quite the opposite in fact, and from what we have seen cross the desk here at CMB the groups that stand out have two things in common- knockout vocal harmonies and the ability to showcase solid lead parts on instruments other than the […]
Communikey Announces Final Festival in Boulder
Finale CMKY Festival for Communikey in Boulder, Colorado USA On the eve of our 8th edition, the team behind CMKY Festival has been in deep discussion around what the future may hold. While Communikey has become a vehicle for collaboration and creativity across disciplines and cultures, but still we must ask: What is next? What […]
Between The Covers: Who is Driving Your Bus?
by Torch Who is driving your bus? A man was flying along and decided to take his life and the lives of 150 other people with him. Life is short and sometimes shorter than expected. You could be sitting in your New York apartment and suddenly the building explodes; now everything you had is gone. […]
For Keeps Is Playing, For Keeps
by Charlie Sullivan Cody Witsken (guitars, vocals) and Merideth Pryor (vocals) were in China teaching when the duo started writing some music together. It turns out the two were on to something with the new music. On their return to the states in April of 2014 the tandem had it on their minds to put […]
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